Milton Keynes, UK, 30th July 2009 www.globalsimcard.co.uk

GeoSIM, the specialist international SIM card supplier has launched a new version of their GeoSIM Global SIM card. The SIM allows free incoming calls in the USA and flat rate calling in the USA and Europe. Uniquely, the new GeoSIM has a UK and US phone number.

The SIM works in over 200 countries including all major business and tourist destinations and either of the UK or US numbers can be called at any time no matter which country the SIM is roaming in.

Technically known as a “Multi IMSI SIM Card”, the single SIM is capable of having more than one country specific phone number assigned to it. 

Read more: Roaming Charges Abolished in USA Using a Multi Number Global SIM Card

Al Snyder & Amanda Reed Join the Board of Directors

Mountain View, CA (July 23, 2009) - Bubble Motion, the pioneer and global leader of next generation voice messaging, today announced it has secured $6 million in funding from new investor Palomar Ventures and existing investors Sequoia Capital and Comcast Interactive Capital.  As part of the new investment, Al Snyder, CEO at Aepona, and Amanda Reed of Palomar Ventures joined the company’s Board of Directors.  Both announcements will support aggressive expansion of Bubble Motion’s product portfolio and its international subscriber footprint.

“We have been fortunate to see phenomenal viral traffic growth with our portfolio of messaging services,” said Tom Clayton, President and CEO of Bubble Motion.

Read more: Bubble Motion Closes New Round of Funding to Accelerate Global Presence

Aligned to its global expansion strategy, the mobile engagement media will launch its brand in the Netherlands in partnership with Vodafone

Helsinki, London and Amsterdam, 23 July 2009 – Blyk, the mobile engagement media, today announces Vodafone as its exclusive partner in the Netherlands.

The partnership between Blyk and Vodafone builds upon a relationship between the two companies, which started in 2008, with a view to expanding the Blyk brand. The partnership will bring the Blyk brand and media model to the Netherlands and it is aligned to both companies’ strategies for growth and leadership in mobile advertising.

Read more: Blyk announces Vodafone as its exclusive partner in the Netherlands

Milan, 23rd July 2009 -- Lightstreamer and Valemobi from Sao Paulo, Brazil have signed an agreement where Valemobi will distribute Lightstreamer’s push technology as part of Valemobi's platform for Real-time iPhone solutions.

“We chose Lightstreamer because this is the state-of-the art middleware for distributing real-time data. Lightstreamer has proven it’s mature enough for financial mission-critical applications, and it will be part of our mobile data distribution suite for the Brazilian Stock Exchange, the ValeBroker, says Leonardo Magalhães, CTO at Valemobi.

Lightstreamer is the leading push server for live data distribution based on the Ajax-Comet paradigm (also known as “AJAX Push”). Its server component implements a messaging system based on http that can manage thousands of streaming connections, where data is pushed to the many types of client (Ajax, Flex, Java, .Net, Silverlight, iPhone etc.) in a real asynchronous fashion.

Read more: Lightstreamer & Valemobi to offer Real-time iPhone Applications in Brazil

   - ASC signs framework contract with Deutsche Telekom - 33 call centers with more than 10,000 agents will be equipped with ASC´s quality management software, INSPIRATIONpro   Hoesbach/Germany, July 23, 2009 – ASC telecom AG, headquartered in Hoesbach, Germany, a leading global provider of innovative quality management solutions, signed a framework contract with Deutsche Telekom for the delivery of software for improving quality as well as optimizing processes of all Telekom in-house call centers. During the tendering procedure, ASC was able to stand up to numerous international competitors.   “We are pleased with the decision of Deutsche Telekom to equip its call centers with our quality management software. For ASC, this order is a mark of confidence and an important milestone on the way to becoming the European market leader for workforce optimization solutions,” said Günther Müller, Chairman & CEO of ASC.  

Read more: ASC Wins Largest Call Center Project in Europe